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W. RICHARD.

4 SHEARS.

No. 564,102. Patented July 14, 1896.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAIVI RICHARD, OF BLOOMVILLE, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO-TI-IIRDS TOADAM HOLLENBAOK AND DAVID ALLEN PARKS, OF SAME PLACE.

SHE'ARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 564,102, dated July 14,1896. Application filed March 2, 1896. Serial No. 581,507. N model.)

To all whom it may concern: is ascrew-bolt 14, to which is connected aBe it known that I, WVILLIAM RICHARD, a link 15. Through the other endof said link citizen of the United States, and a resident of passes ascrew bolt which also passes Bloomville, in the county of Seneca andState through the other hole 6, on which is jour- 5 of Ohio, haveinvented certain new and usenaled a roller 16. A spring 17 is providedbet'ul Improvements in Shears; and I do hereby tween the two handles forspreadin g apart declarethat the following is a full, clear, and the jawand blade. exact description of the invention, which will In using thedevice the handles are pressed enable others skilled in the art to whichit aptoward each other, when the cam 13, acting 6o 10 pertains to makeand use the same, reference against the roller 16, will serve as afulcrum being had to the accompanying drawings, for the handles, and theblades will approach which form a part of this specification. thecutting edge of the jaw to make a shear My invention relates toimprovements in cut.

shears,principally designed for pruningtrees, It will be seen that nostrain comes upon I 15 plants, shrubs, and other similar objects, althebolt 14, which works in the oblong slot, though it may be used forcutting purposes and simply forms a support for the link, the generally.strain or pressure all coming upon the cam The object of the inventionis to provide an and roller, and as the latter rotates during improvedconstruction of the same, which the operation, the friction isconsiderably re- 20 shall possess superior advantages with respectduced. While the bolt 14 simply acts as a to efficiency in use. supportfor the link, it securely holds the The invention consists in the novelconblade to the link and helps support the latter struction andcombination of parts hereinafand keep it in position. The blade is alsoter fully described and claimed. held in a true plane by means of thebolt and 2 5 In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is link, andprevented from twisting.

a side elevation of apair of shears constructed There are otheradvantages possessed by in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is myinvention which are obvious and need not a view of one of the blades andhandles debe enumerated here.

tached, looking from the inner side. Fig. 3 The cutting-blade and jawmay be con- 0 is a similar view of the other blade and hanstructed asshown, with two short handles dle. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line5cm, operated by hand, or the jaw may be secured Fig. 1. to a longhandle and the blade, provided with In the said drawings, thereference-nu1neral an operating wire or rod, when high objects, 1designates a handle, preferably of steel, such as trees, are to betrimmed, as in the 8 5 3 5 formed at its outer end with a curved jaw 2,ordinary tree-trimmers.

provided with a cutting edge 3. It is also Having thus fully describedmy invention, provided upon one side with a curved metal what I claimisstrip 4, riveted or screwed thereto, and con- 1. As an improvedarticle, a pair of shears fined between this strip and the jaw is astrip comprising a handle provided with two boltb 40 5, of leather orother similar material, to preholes and formed with a curved jaw havingvent dulling the blade of the other section of a cutting edge, andanother handle having a the shears, hereinafter described. The hancurvedcutting-blade, a cam and an oblong dle near its juncture with the jaw isformed hole, the link, the screw-bolt passing through with two holes 6,and in rear thereof with a said oblong hole, the link and the other han-9 5 5 stud or stop 7. The blade is also provided dle, the screw-boltpassing through the other with a hand or finger stay 8. end of the linkinto the other handle, and the The numeral 9 designates the other handleroller j ournaled thereon with which said cam or section formed with acurved cutting-blade engages, substantially as described. 10, and formedwith an oblong hole 12 and- 2. The combination withthehandleformed 50with a cam 13. Passing through the holes 6 with two bolt-holes, a jawwitha cutting edge, in handle 1, and through the oblong hole 12, and thecurved leather strips secured to said 3' aw, of the handle formed with acurved blade, a cam, and an oblong hole, the link, the bolt passingthrough said link, oblong hole and the other handle, the bolt passingthrough the other end of the link into the other handle, and the rollerjournaled thereon with which said ean1 engages, substantially asdescribed.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereuntoaffixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

XVILLIAM RICHARD. lVitnesses:

SAMUEL S. LEHMAN, JAMES R. WVEBSTER.

